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Originally Posted by El_Muerte

be sure to also overwrite the functions_akismet.php when you upgrade/revert

Did that ...

Originally Posted by El_Muerte

anyway, there appears to be connections issues, the debug line should be either:
"Key = valid" or "Key = invalid"
if it doesn't contain any text then there was an error in connecting to the akismet server to validate the key.

the key isn't validated while you are typing, it will be validated when the text field loses focus, and when the options pages is loaded.

Besides, you can simply enter an invalid key and save the the options. The rest of the plugin will still try to check for spam and submit content despite a possible invalid key.

The message actually pops up during typing...

Perhaps if I sent you a PM and gave you access, you could debug the problem better?

Thanks

Regards,
Badger